Barnum, Phineas Taylor
Barnum, Phineas Taylor (1810–91) US showman. He established the American Museum in New York City (1842), where he presented the “dwarf” Tom Thumb, the Fijian mermaid and other “freaks”. In 1847 he introduced Swedish soprano Jenny
Lind to US audiences. In 1871 he opened his circus, billed as “The Greatest Show on Earth”. In 1881 he merged with rival James Bailey to form Barnum and Bailey's Circus.
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Now and Then
Newspaper article from: The Scotsman; 7/5/2003; 700+ words
; ...novelist and playwright; 1904 Sir Gordon Richards, champion jockey...Beatrice Harraden, novelist;1985 Sir Donald Bailey, wartime bridge...pioneer of psychoanalysis; 1861 Sir Rabindranath Tagore, Hindu poet and Nobel prize...
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Anniversaries
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 8/6/1994; 700+ words
; ...Tennyson, poet, 1809; Sir Henry Thompson, surgeon...Claudel, poet, 1868; Sir Alexander Fleming, discoverer...expressionist painter, 1867; Sir Granville Bantock, composer...director, 1938; Sir Rabindranath Tagore, writer, 1941; Oliver...
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Story behind noblest award
Newspaper article from: New Straits Times; 10/15/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Einstein, Pierre and Marie Curie, Rudyard Kipling, Sir Rabindranath Tagore, W.B. Yeats, Max Planck, Albert Schweitzer, Martin...Jean Paul Satre, Betrand Russell, T.S. Elliot and Sir Winston Churchill. Of course, there are many great...
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The Almanac.
News Wire article from: United Press International; 9/23/2003; 700+ words
; ...activities, fearing they might be used to spread toxic substances. A thought for the day: Indian Bengali poet Sir Rabindranath Tagore said, "The artist is the lover of Nature, "therefore he is her slave and her master." By United Press International...
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Almanac
Newspaper article from: Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque); 10/26/2004; ; 566 words
; ...is 26. Thought for today: "Each child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man." - Sir Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Nobel Prize-winning poet (1861-1941). Copyright 2004 by Telegraph Herald, All rights Reserved...
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Art; Under Java's Spell; At the Sackler, Jewel-Encrusted Magnificence and Splendor of The `Court Arts of Indonesia'
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 5/19/1991; ; 700+ words
; ...that's part Hindu, part Islamic and wholly Indonesian. "I see India all about me," said the Hindu poet Sir Rabindranath Tagore when he first viewed Indonesia, "and yet I recognize nothing." The Indonesian archipelago - with its 13...
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Saturday, Oct. 26
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 10/19/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...1963--). Thought for Today: Each child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man _ Sir Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Nobel Prize-winning poet (1861-1941).
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Today in History - Oct. 26
News Wire article from: AP Online; 10/26/2004; ; 651 words
; ...is 26. Thought for Today: "Each child comes with the message that God is not yet discouraged of man." _ Sir Rabindranath Tagore, Indian Nobel Prize-winning poet (1861-1941). Copyright 2004, AP News All Rights Reserved
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THE ALMANAC
News Wire article from: United Press International; 9/23/2004; 700+ words
; ...passenger jet with a surface-to-air missile at Bangkok's airport. A thought for the day: Indian Bengali poet Sir Rabindranath Tagore said, "The artist is the lover of Nature, "therefore he is her slave and her master." By United Press International...
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 "Korea Times (Seoul, Korea)")
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Eastern Medicine; Wake Up From Seep, Pursue Enlightenment.
Newspaper article from: Korea Times (Seoul, Korea); 11/4/2000; 700+ words
; Sir Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941, Indian writer and philospher) once prophesied that Korea would become the ``Lamp Bearer of the East.'' And...
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Sir Rabindranath Tagore
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Sir Rabindranath Tagore , 1861-1941, Indian author and guru, b. Calcutta (now Kolkata). Tagore came from a wealthy Bengali family...religious and philosophical speculation. Tagore drew on the classical literature of India...
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Nobel Prizes
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...A. Lorentz Pieter Zeeman Sir Ronald Ross Theodor Mommsen 1903 Sir William R. Cremer S. A...Institute of International Law Sir William Ramsay J. W. S...Kamerlingh Onnes C. R. Richet Sir Rabindranath Tagore 1914 T. W. Richards Max...
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Bengal
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...minister and cabinet responsible to a bicameral legislature with one elected house and by a governor appointed by the president of India. Famous Bengalis include poet and Nobel laureate Sir Rabindranath Tagore and filmmaker Satyajit Ray .
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Royal Asiatic Society
Book article from: A Dictionary of Buddhism
...for scholarly work on Asia and had many distinguished Fellows including the Duke of Wellington, Rabindranath Tagore, Sir Henry Rawlinson, and Sir Richard Burton. The Society has some 700 members, half of whom are based outside Britain. The...
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Poets Laureate and Prizes
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature
...Jonson 1619–37 Sir William D'Avenant 1638...Lewis 1968–72 Sir John Betjeman 1972...Gerhart Hauptmann 1913 Rabindranath Tagore 1914 No award 1915 Romain...2000 Gao Xingjian 2001 Sir V. S. Naipaul 2002 Imre...
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